Capo 2nd fret Chords: Bm G D A e | --2-- | | --3-- | | --2-- | | ----- | B | --3-- | | --3-- | | --3-- | | --2-- | G | --4-- | | --0-- | | --2-- | | --2-- | D | --4-- | | --0-- | | --0-- | | --2-- | A | --2-- | | --2-- | | ----- | | ----- | E | --2-- | | --3-- | | ----- | | ----- | Intro: e | -2---------------0--2-2-0-0-2-0------------------------------------- | 2x B | ---3----------3----------------------------------------------------- | G | -----4--2--4-------------------------------------------------------- | D | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | A | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | E | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Verse: Bm G D A Children are taught to hate, parents just couldn't wait Bm G D A Some are rich and some are poor, others will just suffer more Bm G D A Have you ever been ashamed and felt society try to keep you down? Bm G D A I begin to watch things change and see them turn around Chorus: Bm G D A Turn around, they'll try to keep you down Bm G D A Turn around, B G D A Turn around Bm G D A Don't drag me down Verse: Bm G D A Ignorance like a gun in hand, reach out to the promised land Your history books are full of lies, media-blitz gonna dry your eyes Have you ever been afraid, and felt society try to keep you down? I begin to watch things change see them turn around Chorus Bm G D A Turn around, they'll try to keep you down Bm G D A Turn around, B G D A Turn around Bm G D A Don't drag me down Verse: Bm G D A Ignorance like a gun in hand reach out to the promised land Your history books are full of lies, media -blitz gonna dry your eyes You're eighteen wanna be a man Your granddaddy's in the Ku Klux Klan Taking two steps forward and four steps back Gonna go to the White House and paint it black